Bogosity Podcast for 23 August 2026

News of the Bogus: 0:48 – When AI art has no author: MIT study finds generated images often can’t be traced to any training data https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/when-ai-art-has-no-author-mit-study-finds-generated-images-often-cant-be-traced-any-training Outputs of generative diffusion models are often unattributable https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75667-5.pdf 8:41 – Bad reasons and worse reasons to hate data centers https://reason.com/2026/08/20/bad-reasons-and-worse-reasons-to-hate-data-centers/ Republicans Are Pandering to Data Center Hysteria — and Helping China Win the AI War https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/08/20/republicans-are-pandering-to-data-center-hysteria-and-helping-china-win-the-ai-war-n4956347 16:53 – The Feds Are Pushing for Unprecedented Access to Your Medical Records https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/18/the-feds-are-pushing-for-unprecedented-access-to-your-medical-recordsnbsp 20:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Ghent University University Suspends American Academic Who Exposed Jason Arday’s Plagiarism https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2026/08/20/cambridge-university-suspends-academic-who-exposed-jason-arday-for-plagiarism-n4956370 25:18 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Europe 2026 European Heatwave: Record Temperatures Country-by-Country (Latest Update) https://weatheronthisday.com/trends/2026-european-heatwave This Week’s Quote: “People say, ‘Well, in Europe they have gun control! In Europe they have socialized medicine!’ Yeah, you know what? In Europe they have state religions and monarchs!” —Tim Slagle 🔊Pᴏᴅᴄᴀꜱᴛ: https://podcast.bogosity.tv/💬Dɪꜱᴄᴏʀᴅ: https://discord.bogosity.tv/▶️YᴏᴜTᴜʙᴇ: https://www.youtube.com/shanedk▶️Oᴅʏsᴇᴇ: https://odysee.com/%24/invite/@shanedk:4▶️Rᴜᴍʙʟᴇ https://rumble.com/c/shanedk💰Dᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴏʀ ꜱᴜʙꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ: https://donate.bogosity.tv